Wesley Hilliard
The chip expected to be at the core of the first Apple Silicon Mac — the "A14X" — may have been benchmarked just days before the next Apple event.
The alleged CPU benchmarks for the "A14X" show a 1.80GHz processor capable of turbo-boosting to 3.10GHz marking this the first custom Apple Silicon to ever clock above 3GHz. It is an 8-core processor with big-little arrangement. The GPU results show 8GB of RAM will be included with the processor.
The single-core benchmark for the "A14X" scored 1634 vs the A12Z at 1118. The A14 scored 1,583 points for single-core tests, which is expected as single-core results shouldn't change much between the regular and "X" models.
The multi-core benchmark for the "A14X" scored 7220 vs the A12Z at 4657. The A14 scored 4198 for multi-core, which means the "A14X" delivers a marked increase in performance in the sorts of environments that the GeekBench test suite focuses on. The additional RAM and graphics capabilities boost this result much higher than the standard iPhone processor.
For comparison, a 16-inch MacBook Pro with the Intel Core-i9 processor scores 1096 for single and 6869 for multi-core tests. This means the alleged "A14X" outperforms the existing MacBook Pro lineup by a notable margin.
The benchmark testing was reportedly performed with Geekbench 5 on an unknown device. It is unknown if this benchmark is real, and AppleInsider was unable to verify the provenance of the information with certainty.
If accurate, the tests are a good indication of the performance gains a Mac with Apple Silicon will have. Apple is expected to announce a 13-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and 16-inch MacBook Pro during the November 10 "One More Thing" event.
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I don’t put much weight on rumors but those numbers looks good. I’ll wait for the real thing then maybe replace my 2012 15” MBP.
If real, wouldn’t it just be for an iPad Pro? Any details on the device it is running on, I can’t see the link to the benchmarks for some reason? Oldage maybe.
Was this test run with the iOS version of Geekbench? Or the desktop version?
Cant wait to see what improved cooling (an A chip with fans) can do with an A14X. I would think that a 16MBP could clock pretty high. Could be some pretty stellar performance.
I too think this could be the new iPad Pro rather than a Mac as the Mac is rumoured to use an A14T ?
Surely an A14T would be more powerful than an A14X - I’m thinking a Mac will need a better GPU than an iPad?